kfence_alloc...and_metadata(9)

💖 kfence_alloc...and_metadata(9) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for kfence_alloc...and_metadata(9) — it's giving very specific kernel internals, and we're gonna read it together, no cap. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

kfence_alloc_pool_and_metadata — allocate the KFENCE pool and KFENCE metadata via memblock. that's the whole vibe. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void kfence_alloc_pool_and_metadata (void );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• void — no arguments, bestie. literally none. the void is voiding. 🫶

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

Kernel file ./include/linux/kfence.h is the friend group, and here's everyone in it:

• is_kfence_address(9)
• kfence_init(9)
• kfence_shutdown_cache(9)
• kfence_alloc(9)
• kfence_ksize(9)
• kfence_object_start(9)
• __kfence_free(9)
• kfence_free(9)
• kfence_handle_page_fault(9)
• __kfence_obj_info(9)

okay bye bestie 🫶 this cutie came from source/version ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and it's the kfence_alloc...and_metadata(9) page. periodt. 💅🌈